Juma Azbarga
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Juma Azbarga (Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-he; born 15 August 1956) is an Bedouin Israeli Arab politician. He currently serves as a Member of the Knesset for the Joint List.
Biography
A resident of Lakiya,[1] Azbarga became a member of Balad and was eighth on its list for the 2003 Knesset elections,[2] but failed to be elected. He was fifth on the list for the 2006 elections,[3] but the party won only three seats. He was moved down to tenth for the 2009 elections,[4] which saw the party win three seats again, but was fourth on its list for the 2013 elections,[5] but the party won only three seats. He was subsequently placed fourteenth on the Joint List, an alliance of Arab parties, for the 2015 Knesset elections.[6] He did not enter the Knesset as the alliance won only 13 seats. However, Joint List MK Basel Ghattas gave up his seat in March 2017 after agreeing to resign from the Knesset and be jailed for two years after smuggling notes and phones to Palestinian terrorists in Israeli jails.[7] Azbarga took Ghattas' seat on 21 March.[8]
References
- ^ Knesset begins effort to oust MK for smuggling phones to inmates Times of Israel, 14 March 2017
- ^ National Democratic Assembly (Balad) Knesset
- ^ Balad list 2006 elections IDI
- ^ Balad list 2009 elections IDI
- ^ Balad Candidates for the 19th Knesset IDI
- ^ Joint (Arab) List Candidates for the 20th Knesset IDI
- ^ Arab MK signs plea bargain, agrees to go to jail Times of Israel, 16 March 2017
- ^ Replacements Among Knesset Members Knesset
External links
- Juma Azbarga on the Knesset website